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Yes. The word euhemerize is a Scrabble US word. The word euhemerize is worth 24 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word euhemerize is a Scrabble UK word and has 24 points:

E1U1H4E1M3E1R1I1Z10E1

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10-letter words (1 found)

EUHEMERIZE,

6-letter words (2 found)

HEEZIE,HUMERI,

5-letter words (9 found)

EERIE,EMEER,EMURE,HEEZE,HIREE,REHEM,RHEME,RHEUM,RHIME,

4-letter words (22 found)

EMEU,EMIR,ERHU,HEIR,HEME,HERE,HERM,HIRE,HUER,IURE,MEER,MERE,MERI,MEZE,MIRE,MUIR,MURE,MZEE,RIEM,RIME,RIMU,RUME,

3-letter words (29 found)

EME,EMU,ERE,ERM,HEM,HER,HIE,HIM,HUE,HUI,HUM,IRE,MEE,MEH,MEU,MIR,MIZ,REE,REH,REI,REM,REZ,RIM,RIZ,RUE,RUM,UME,URE,ZEE,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,EH,EM,ER,HE,HI,HM,ME,MI,MU,RE,UH,UM,UR,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from euhemerize according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of euhemerize

euhemerize

Alternative forms

  • euhemerise (UK)

Etymology

From euhemerism +‎ -ize, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /juˌhiməˈɹaɪz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juːˌhiːməˈɹaɪz/

Verb

euhemerize (third-person singular simple present euhemerizes, present participle euhemerizing, simple past and past participle euhemerized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, derogatory) To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to explain away mythology and legends.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of deify: to actually create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events.

Usage notes

In general, the nonpejorative sense of euhemerize is restricted to discussion of Chinese mythology, where it is applied to the religious veneration of figures from remote prehistory and used to distinguish this from the deification of known historical figures such as Guan Yu and Huang Daopo. As an intransitive verb, typically used with into and out of.

Synonyms

  • (fanciful creation of rational explanations for the supernatural): See rationalize

Derived terms

  • euhemerization

Translations

References

  • “Euhemerism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • "euhemerism" in Prof. D.K. Jordan's "Mini-Glossaries" (27 Jan. 2011)

Source: wiktionary.org